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New Years Resolutions

A little late in coming, but here are my new years resolutions for 2007 * Try something new * Try something else just for the fun of it * Drink less * Drink more (everything in moderation) * Love Shannon and Aidan just a little bit more every day

Get a full year of unlimited SkypeOut calling

Get a full year of unlimited SkypeOut calling [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/skype/get-a-full-year-of-unlimited-skypeout-calling-221560.php] : Popular Voice over IP provider Skype is bringing their free SkypeOut calling promotion [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/skype/free-calls-to-any-phone-with-skypeout-173795.php] to an end, replacing it with a one-time fee for a year of

Oakville's New Mayor

Looks like we have a new Mayor here in Oakville, the not-so-green parties Rob Burton. The "Green" party is not affiliated at all with the actual green party of Canada; they are just a group of people who do not want to see any more construction in the

Oakville Elections: Whats Taking So Long

40 minutes since the poling stations closed and so far only 4 of the 67 total polling stations have reported. I wouldn't be so upset on how long its taking them if they were actually physically counting them, but they are not. Its all done electronically (but with

PopCurrent Bookmarklet

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Andrew On Rails

I talked to Andrew Grumet [http://blog.grumet.net/] last night, as we sometimes do, to discuss our projects (what we can say about them at least) and to talk about [http://developer.podshow.com/2006/11/03/92] technology -- we should podcast these! -- anyways last nights topic

The Cult Of Rails

I'm starting to think that Ruby on Rails is a cult and quickly becoming a religion. It even has its own list of commandments like "Thou shall not write code until I have a test for it" and "Thou shall not repeat thyself" It

More On The MacBook Random Shutdown

It appears that the MacBook Random Shutdown bug has its own website [http://macbookrandomshutdown.com/]! You know when an issue has gone from bad to worse when the issue gets its own website :( On the site is a description of why it occurs in the first place, stories from users

The Green Lantern????

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Add me to the list...

5 times now has my MacBook randomly shutdown. Luckily I was never in the middle of doing any real work -- its usually right when I boot up or wake it from sleep. But still it should never happen in the first place. I'm actually going to just